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As the numbers and analysis continue showing a downward trend, as we are touched in personal ways, sometimes already burdened for quite a long time, other times just beginning to experience pain, many of us feel like we are falling from the upper floor of a burning house, looking for someone to catch us.

So, we perk up when we hear words like “bailout,” “stimulus package,” “loan modification,” “foreclosure prevention,” and so on. But what is the “plan?” And who has it?

Who holds the key to economic recovery? Is it the Democrats, who are infused with confidence because of their control of Congress and the White House? Or is it the Republicans, who are digging into their foxholes, ready to launch a new wave of conservatism?

I propose that “The Plan” is bigger than just the U.S. government can provide. Some of us already recognize this. As in the personal recovery from all kinds of maladies, many of us have not only applied the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, but have discovered that their “Higher Power,” is God, who sent His son Jesus for our salvation.

When I opened up the Life Recovery Bible, I found it to be the Big Book of AA multiplied times 1,000. The Bible, of all things (when I was a newbie in Christ), was making sense…and not only making sense, but illuminating, refreshing, and life-giving. You can take a look at one of my posts on the Life Recovery Bible here.

So, maybe, just maybe, individually and as a country we can apply some of the principles found in the Bible towards an economic recovery. Let’s give it a whack, shall we?

Let’s start with Step One:We admitted that we were powerless over our dependencies–that our life had become unmanageable.

I think it’s fair to say that some of our finances at least appear to have become unmanageable. If we recognize that there is a problem, that we may have become dependent on wrong financial choices–and those choices have led to some partially or completely unmanageable situations…then, we’ve taken the first step.

Many of us are just waking up to the fact that recovery is an essential part of life for everyone. However, what exactly does “life recovery” mean?
I asked myself a few of those kinds of questions before cracking open the Life Recovery Bible. What I found was astounding.

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